Tengger Cavalry brings an unusual touch to the metal world with their unique brand of Mongolian Folk Metal, and now they’ve signed with M-Theory Audio, a recently launched label by Marco Barbieri, former president of Century Media Records and Nuclear Blast America. The exotic sounds of the band, featuring founder Nature Ganganbaigal employing Ancient Mongolian throat-singing and several native instruments, including the Morin Khuur (an ancient fiddle), the Tovshuur (a Mongolian guitar) and the Mongolian flute, shows just why they’ve sold out dates along two headlining tours with over six studio releases under their belt. Barbieri says of the band, “Tengger Cavalry is one of the most unique new bands, and I’ve been impressed how Nature Ganganbaigal and the group developed themselves to this point independently. By teaming up with an old friend, Dawn Robinson, as management and now working with us at M-Theory Audio, I’m excited by the upward possibilities the future holds and the fun and breakthroughs possible with their themes and great music”. In light of the signing, the band is recording their fifth full-length album to be released in June, followed by a five-week North American tour and performances at several European summer festivals.

Keep an eye on Tengger Cavalry and M-Theory Audio at each of their official websites: https://www.tengger-cavalry.com/, https://www.m-theoryaudio.com/.

Sabaton has been on the road around the world in light of The Last Stand, their most recent studio record that hit #1 in the Swedish Top 20 Rock Charts. They’re also holding records in 3 other positions in the charts, and the impressive level of album sales they’ve achieved has paid off in the form of Gold and Platinum plaque awards. The Last Stand hit #6 worldwide and #1 in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany among others. On March 4, the band was honored with golden plaques for The Last Stand’s sales in the Czech Republic at Tipsport Arena, Prague. Bassist Pär Sundström commented: “This is proof of two things – first, that we are still able to make music that fans want to listen to, and second, that we have fantastic fans who really care. Sure, the current tour is called “The Last Tour”, but as long as it is going like this we’ll be going strong for a long time.” The Last Stand is available on the Nuclear Blast Webstore and digitally as well. Next month will see the band on the road alongside Leaves’ Eyes and Battle Beast, starting on April 20^th in PA, spanning the spring with even more dates on the way. The full listing (including updates along the way as dates are added) can be found at http://www.sabaton.net/.

With roots throughout Western Europe and some hard-hitting extreme metal to unleash, Implore is one of the latest additions to Century Media Records. The Berlin-based trio has been spreading their genre-blending Death Metal across the world since they formed in 2013, and they’ve got many a major festival under their belts, as well as over 200 live shows gaining fans in the brutal death metal, grindcore, hardcore, and crust punk genres, to name a few. Some EPs and demos have helped to do the job of spreading the word about Implore, alongside their debut full-length Depopulation from two years back on Pelagic Records. But now, their second full-length and first album on Century Media Records will make for a whole new listening experience showcasing a band that’s even stronger and more focused than ever before. September 22^nd, 2017 is the release date for Subjugate, in cooperation with Pelagic Records, and further details will be revealed in the near future. In the meantime, a new video has been released, featuring Implore’s performance at Summer Breeze 2016 with the song “Disgrace“.

Arizona’s Tribulance may have had a share of trials and tribulations, forming in 1995 for a top 10 debut (called Trial and Tribulations) then disbanding in 1998 after industry shortfalls. 2012 saw the return of this old-school-influenced Heavy Metal band, rising from the ashes like a Phoenix – even though they’re from Tuscon – and the original founding members Michael Vidal, Sal Flores, and Gino Silva recruited drummer Brandon Lee to build their way back up into producing music that’s heavy and aggressive while still being melodic. On their style, Lee says, “I think what makes us who we are is we all come from different music backgrounds. While we’re all rooted in metal of some sort, it’s our individual tastes that lends its way into what we produce as Tribulance”. The “Traditional Metal aesthetic” is a tagline that’s been attributed to the vocal and instrumental styles that fuel this group that’s aiming high with their highly-anticipated new record The Aftermath of Lies. May 5^th is when this self-released record will be unleashed on the world, and the first single is already streaming via SoundCloud. Pre-orders will also be available soon.

A few years ago, Rammstein undertook a tour of epic proportions and for those who weren’t there to witness it in person (or for those who were and just want to see it again), a masterpiece of a concert film will be unleashed to the world in just a few short months. After being successfully shown in movie houses in 46 countries, “Rammstein: Paris” will be released as a director’s cut on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and Vinyl, as well as digitally on May 19th, 2017. The Made in Germany tour was the source of the footage captured by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund, during two concerts at the Palais Omnisports arena in Paris in front of 17,000 spectators. This is not the first Åkerlund has worked on capturing some of the captivating moments of Rock and Metal on video, having created productions for The Prodigy, Metallica, The Rolling Stones in the past. If all of this has you dying to see the film, just hang in there – here’s a video of “Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen?” to hold you over until the full release. It’s also available for pre-sale orders as of Friday, March 24th via this link.

Within The Ruins recently teamed up with Loudwire for an exclusive reveal of their music video for the track “Objective Reality”. Halfway Human is the LP that holds this track, a release from Good Fight Music / Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and SPV overseas. The band’s very own studio provided the setting for the recording of this album, led by guitarist Joe Cocchi, then it was mixed and mastered by Joshua Wickman at Dreadcore productions. Album artwork and design was done by Justin Kamerer. Within The Ruins spent most of February and March on tour in support of the record, and it looks like more dates are to come later this spring. This tour date listing for the “Saved By The Breakdown” tour was posted on the band’s social media this week:

Within the Ruins has also been announced as part of the lineup for the Ieper Hardcore Fest in Belgium in August. Halfway Human is available to order in physical form (along with a good amount of merch) here and digitally here.

German Symphonic Metal band Xandria will be taking the US and Canada by storm in May, when they headline a tour for the first time in North America. They’ve just released their seventh studio album Theater of Dimensions (available through Napalm Records) which was highly anticipated as their first full-length record in three years. Two videos have also been released for the singles – a lyric video for “We Are Murderers (We All) feat. Björn Strid of Soilwork” and a music video for “Call of Destiny“.

Kobra and the Lotus and Once Human are Xandria’s labelmates on Napalm Records, and both bands will be the support for this tour, accompanying the symphonics with some heavy, thrash, and death metal along the way. Here’s what Xandria has to say about it all: “We are super excited to go on our first ever North American headline tour in May, playing east to west coast, along with the wonderful Kobra and the Lotus as well as Once Human. Let’s get these places rocked!”

As the band says, they’ll be moving from East to West, kicking off the tour on May 9th in New York and closing it off on May 30th in Phoenix. The full listing of tour dates is below:

May 9 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
May 11 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martiniere
May 12 – Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
May 13 – Toronto, ON – Garrison
May 14 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
May 16 – Joliet, IL – The Forge Club
May 18 – Denver, CO – Moon Room
May 19 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Bar
May 22 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
May 23 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
May 24 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
May 26 – Las Vegas, NV – Adrenaline Sports Lounge
May 27 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
May 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
May 30 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red-Mesa

For more info on Xandria, the album, and the tour, visit http://www.xandria.de and their Official Facebook page.

March Madness may be all around us, but the real madness comes about in April for All That Remains. April 28th marks the release date of their eighth studio album, “Madness”, and a US tour in support of it has just been announced, including some special guests.

Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, The Devil Wears Prada, Fozzy, Kyng, and Sons of Texas will all be joining All That Remains on select dates throughout their tour. They’ll start things out with a festival date in Florida on April 29th and close it off with a trip to Long Island on May 25th.

All the tour dates are listed in the official poster above, and further info and tickets can be found at the band’s official Website.

Two official audios have been revealed so far to give a sneak peek of the record. One showcases the heavier side of the Metalcore band, the single “Safe House”, while the other has more of a hard rock vibe, the title track’s lyric video “Madness”. Both can be heard below.